revision.h: introduce blob/tree walking in order of the commits

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index c890328b02ec4c3a28aaeb8aa057d327c75b9967..6cbe462a77467b05561938ff9cf8e9dcebd42efe 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
                   [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
                   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
                   [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
+                  [--progress]
                   [<common diff options>]
                   [ <since> | <revision range> ]
 
@@ -283,6 +284,9 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`.
        range are always formatted as creation patches, independently
        of this flag.
 
+--progress::
+       Show progress reports on stderr as patches are generated.
+
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